In this video I review and teardown the Turnigy Infrared Thermometer, which is a rebadged ZyTemp TN105i2 Compact IR Thermometer. This is a great piece of kit for any electronics workshop! Further information ZyTemp (manufacturer) page Instruction manual (PDF) HobbyKing (distributor) page
In this video I review and teardown a cheap Motion Activated PIR Solar LED Light from Amazon. The product is described as a: Swiftly Done Bright Solar Power Outdoor LED Light Further information Amazon product page
In this video we take another look at the RS-232 plug-in module for the Sanden PET-07 CC/CV power supply. In particular, we see how the voltage output can be controlled and how this clears up some ambiguity with the circuit design. In part three, we will *finally* attempt to communicate using RS-232 to monitor and […]
In this video we take a look at the Sanden PET-07 CC/CV power supply. In particular we look at the RS-232 plug-in module and attempt to make sense of the signals between the main board and plug-in board. In part two, we’ll apply this knowledge to attempt to receive RS-232 data from the power supply. […]
Here is the design and build of my compact DIY electronics workbench. This is located in the garage / workshop in a house that I’m renting, so I’m building it to be portable and transportable in future. In this forth episode I complete the hutch shelving, mount some component trays, and more!
Here is the design and build of my compact DIY electronics workbench. This is located in the garage / workshop in a house that I’m renting, so I’m building it to be portable and transportable in future. In this third episode I temporarily install the lighting and load the shelving to assess the design so […]
Here is the design and build of my compact DIY electronics workbench. This is located in the garage / workshop in a house that I’m renting, so I’m building it to be compact and transportable in future. In this second episode I modify the hutch shelving system to raise it’s height and mount the peg-board […]
Here is the design and build of my compact DIY electronics workbench. This is located in the garage / workshop in a house that I’m renting, so I’m building it to be compact and transportable in future. In this first episode I describe how I will convert a cupboard into the workbench and my ideas […]
Here’s some photos of the Protek 608 RS-232 cable teardown: Bill of materials You know a teardown is serious when a BOM is produced! 😛 This may be overkill, but I have plans in future to develop my own transceiver hardware that instead of using RS-232 to connect to a PC, it will use a […]
I’ve finally managed to fire up the original Protek 608 software on an old Dell Inspiron 8100 I found stowed at the office. My previous attempts to run this software failed on Windows 8 and 10, and there’s very little information about how this software looks and operates (it’s quite niche). I decided that it […]